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Summer solstice: Who gets the most daylight?

The summer solstice in the Northern Hemisphere occurs on June 20, 2013. While everyone will see the most hours of daylight all year, some locations will see more sun than others. We’ve put together this slideshow featuring various cities around the country and when the sun will rise and set as well as the total duration it will be out for the day. See how your city ranks by clicking through.

Honolulu: The sun will rise in Honolulu at 6:50 a.m.

Honolulu: The sun will set on Hawaii at 8:16 p.m.

25th Place - That only gives Hawaii 13 hours and 26 minutes of daylight -- the shortest amount of daylight of all the cities we are featuring.

West Palm Beach: The sun will rise in West Palm Beach at 6:27 a.m.

West Palm Beach: It will set at 8:17 p.m.

24th place - Sorry South Florida, you only get 13 hours and 50 minutes of fun in the sun.

Orlando: Farther north in Orlando, the sun rises one minute later than West Palm Beach at 6:28 a.m.

Orlando: And the sun sets on Central Florida at 8:26 p.m.

23rd place - If you're in South Florida and really want to make the most of the solstice, head to Orlando for an extra 8 minutes of sun. Central Florida will have 13 hours and 58 minutes of daylight.

New Orleans: The sun comes up on New Orleans at 6 a.m. on the nose.

New Orleans: The sun sets on the Big Easy at 8:04 p.m. (No worries, we hear that this has no effect on the partying.)

22nd place - N'awlins is the first city in our survey to break the 14 hours of daylight mark with 14 hours and 4 minutes of sun.

Jackson: The sun comes up on Jackson, Mississippi at 5:54 a.m.

Jackson: And it sets at 8:11 p.m.

21st place - This gives Jackson 14 hours and 17 minutes of daylight on the solstice.

Greenville: The sun will rise at 6:16 a.m. in Greenville, South Carolina.

Greenville: And it sets at 8:46 p.m.

20th place - South Carolina will see about 14 hours and 30 minutes of daylight on the solstice.

Albuquerque: Next, we head to Albuquerque, where the sun comes up at 5:52 a.m.

Albuquerque: It sets on New Mexico at 8:24 p.m.

19th place - This puts New Mexico at 14 hours and 32 minutes of daylight.

Fort Smith: The sun rises in Fort Smith, Arkansas at 6:03 a.m.

Fort Smith: It sets at 8:36 p.m.

19th Place - Fort Smith comes in in the top 20 with 14 hours and 33 minutes of daylight on the solstice.

Oklahoma City: The sun rises on Oklahoma City at 6:15 on the Summer Solstice.

Oklahoma City: It sets at 8:49 p.m.

17th place - That gives Oklahoma City 14 hours and 34 minutes of daylight. (That's one more minute that Fort Smith had, so you've got that going for you.)

Winston-Salem: Back in the Carolinas -- North Carolina, specifically -- the sun will rise in Winston-Salem at 6:04 a.m.

Winston-Salem: It sets at 8:41 p.m.

16th place - That puts North Carolina at 14 hours and 37 minutes of daylight.

Salinas: Next, we head to the West Coast in Salinas, California, where there sun will come up at 5:48 a.m.

Salinas: It sets at 8:28 p.m.

15th place - That gives the "Left Coast" a full 14 hours and 40 minutes of daylight.

Louisville: A little closer to center, Louisville, Kentucky will see the sun at 6:20 a.m.

Louisville: And Louisville will see the sun go down at 9:10 p.m. -- the latest of the "lower 48" featured in our survey.

14th place - -Louisville gets points for having the latest sunset and for having 14 hours and 50 minutes of daylight on the solstice.

Sacrament: Once again we find ourselves in California ... Sacramento, specifically. They will see the sun at 5:42 a.m.

Sacrament: Sacramento will see the last bit of sun at 8:33 p.m.

13th place - Sacramento gets a total of 14 hours and 51 minutes of daylight.

Cincinnati: The sun comes up in Cincinnati at 6:12 a.m.

Cincinnati: And it sets at 9:07 p.m.

Tied for 12th place - Daylight will last for 14 hours and 55 minutes in Cincinnati, tying our next city...

Kansas City: ... which happens to be Kansas City. The sun will rise in KC at 5:53 a.m. -- 19 minutes before Cincinnati.

Kansas City: It will set at 8:48 p.m. -- 19 minutes before Cincinnati.

Tied for 12th place - KC will have 14 hours and 55 minutes of daylight on the solstice.

Baltimore: The sun rises on Baltimore at 5:40 a.m. on June 20.

Baltimore: The sun will set at 8:36 p.m. in Baltimore.

11th place -- That gives Baltimore 14 hours and 56 minutes of daylight -- just a minute more than Cincinnati and Kansas City.

Lancaster: For the next six slides we're heading to Pennsylvania. Lancaster will see the sun come up at 5:36 a.m.

Lancaster: And it will set at 8:38 p.m.

10th place - Lancaster will see 15 hours and 2 minutes of daylight.

Pittsburgh: From Lancaster to Pittsburgh, the Steel City will see the sun at 5:50 a.m., 14 minutes after Lancaster.

Pittsburgh: The sun sets at 8:54 p.m. in Pittsburgh -- 16 minutes after it sets on Lancaster

9th place - This puts Pittsburgh in the top 10 with 15 hours and 4 minutes of daylight. Two more minutes than Lancaster.

Omaha: Heading west, the sun will rise on Omaha at 5:51 a.m.

Omaha: It sets at 9:00 p.m. sharp.

8th place - That gives Omaha 15 hours and 9 minutes of daylight on the solstice.

Des Moines: In Des Moines, the sun comes up at 5:40 a.m.

Des Moines: The sun sets at 8:52 a.m.

7th Place - That puts Des Moines in 7th place with 15 hours and 12 minutes of daylight.

Boston: The sun comes up in Boston at 5:08 a.m. on the solstice.

Boston: It sets at 8:24 p.m.

6th place - Boston was edged out of the top 5 by a matter of five minutes. Beantown will see 15 hours and 16 minutes of daylight.

Manchester: So who got the drop on Boston? New Hampshire's Queen City, that's who. The sun comes up in Manchester, NH at 5:07 a.m., beating Boston by just one minute.

Manchester: The sun doesn't go down until 8:28 p.m.

5th place - Manchester will see 15 hours and 21 minutes of daylight on the solstice.

Milwaukee: Heading to Middle America, Milwaukee will see the sun at 5:12 a.m. on the solstice.

Milwaukee: The sun sets in Wisconsin at 8:35 p.m.

4th place - That puts Milwaukee in 4th place with 15 hours and 23 minutes of daylight.

Portland: The early bird gets the lobster in Maine. Portland has the earliest sunrise in the lower 48 states at 4:59 a.m.

Portland: The sun sets on Vacationland at 8:26 p.m.

3rd Place - The Portland area sees a total of 15 hours and 27 minutes of daylight on the solstice.

Burlington/Plattsburgh: The sun rises in Burlington, Vermont and Plattsburgh, NY at 5:08 a.m.

Burlington/Plattsburgh: It sets at 8:41 p.m.

2nd place - This gives Burlington-Plattsburgh the most amount of daylight time of the cities we looked at in the lower 48 United States with 15 hours and 33 minutes.

Anchorage: Surprisingly Anchorage, Alaska doesn't wake up that much earlier than Portland, Maine. The sun rises in Anchorage at 4:20 a.m.

But this year, the solstice happens on Thursday, June 20 for places in North America west of the Central Time Zone, occurring at 11:04 P.M Mountain Daylight Time and 10:04 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time.

1st Place - That gives Anchorage, Alaska a whopping 19 hours and 22 minutes of daylight on the solstice. You could play nearly 5 rounds of golf or get geeky and watch the entire Lord of the Rings trilogy plus one of the Star Wars trilogies (We'd recommend episodes 4-6. You're already staying up for 19 hours, no need to add Jake Lloyd to your insanity.)

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